Safety-deposit receptacle.



No.-7so,279. PATBNTEDYJUNE 9 1903.1

0. A. 1.01m. SAFETY DEPOSIT REGEPTAOLEL- APPLICATION PILEDIE IQOB. RENEWED APR. 30, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

I UNrrno STATES Patented fans 9, 1903.

PATENT Orrrcn.

CHARLES A. LORD, OF MILIVAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO LORD AUX- ILIARY BANK COMPANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF VVISOONSIN.

SAFETY-DEPOSIT R ECEPTACLE.1

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,279, dated June 9, 1903.

Application filed March 15,1902. Renewed April 30, I903. Serial No. 155,085. v(No model.)

To all whom it WI/(I/y'GOTI/OGTHA Be it known that LGHAR Es A. LORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wiscousin, have invented new and useful 1m, provements in Safety-Deposit Receptacles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in safety-deposit receptacles, with especial reference to that class of receptacles known as auxiliary or portable banks, although the invention may also be applied to various other receptacles whether portable or not. Auxiliary banks are usually formed with an aperturet'. e., a slot in one wall-through which deposits maybe made, interior guards being employed to prevent the withdrawal of the contents through the slot. Authorized withdrawalsare made through a door or lid whichisprovidedwithalockandthekeytherefor kept by the officials of the bank or deposit company; but it has been found in practice that ordinary locks are frequently picked or broken and that deposits can also be removed through the slots by inserting cards, wires, or other simple tools through the slot for that p po The object of this inventionis to provide a form of construction in which the unau- 0 thorized removal of deposits is impossible either through the door or the slot; and to this end the invention contemplates the provision of means for guarding a'lock in such a manner that it cannot be reached except 55 by a special tool made for thepurpose and also the provision of means for directing deposits through a guarded slot in an interior wall, which cannot be reached by any ordinary tool inserted through the slot in the ex 0 terior wallJ y Y The term slot is used to designate any form of aperture suitable for thepurpose, and so'far as the locking mechanism is concerned it is not material whether it is used for the 5 purpose of makingdeposits or not.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view drawn on line so ac of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an interior plan view, the

upper plate or top of the inclosing casing being omitted. Fig. 4.is a detail of the coinslide and tumblers as viewed from the slotted end of the initial coin-receiving chamber.

,Like parts are identified by thesame referonce characters throughout the several views.

1 is a coin-retaining receptacle. 2 is a coinslot therein, preferably formed by slitting the top or cover portion 3 of the outer casing and pressingthe material upwardlyordownwardly on one side of the slit, as shown, whereby a coin-receiving aperture is formed which permits the insertion of the coin in a plane substantially parallel with that of the cover. An initial coin-receiving chamber 5, the walls of which are connected with the cover, is located below theslot 2 and provided with a coin-slide 6, pivotally secured at 7 to the walls of the chamber 5, with one end normally depressed below one of the end walls 8 of the chamber 5 to form a coin slot or passage 9, the bottom of the chamber being apertured or depressed to permit such an adjustment of the slide. To hold the slide normally in this position, a weight 10 is preferably employed, and pivotally secured to the weighted end of the slide is a series of tumblers or guard-fingers 11, each adapted to fall bygravity independently of the others across the lower end of the wall 8 when'the receptacle is inverted. The weight '10 also causes the slide 6 to swing on its pivot to close the slot 9.

The pivot-bearings 7 of the slide 6 are located betweenthe slots 2 and 9,'so that it is impossible to insert any ordinary object through the slot 2 in a manner to have it bear upon the slide below the point of pivotal support. Bystating-that the bearings are located between the two slets Ido not mean thatthey occupy a position on, a line between the slots, as they are preferably located, as shown; in the lower wall=ofthe receiving-chamber, but in sucha position that any object inserted through slot 2 must cross the line of pivotal support in passing to slot 9. 5 i The cover and one of the end walls of the receptacle are provided with interlocking catches 15 and 16, respectively.

Sufficient space is left on each side of the coin-receiving chamber for locking mechan- 10o ism, the same being adapted to be manipulated through the medium of keys inserted through the slot 2 and through the holes 18 in the side walls of the chamber 5. Locking mechanism suitable for the purpose is illustrated in Fig. 4, comprising an ordinary latch 22, supported by a bracket 23 from the cover and adapted to engage a suitable catch 21 in the end wall of the receptacle, as shown. The latches are automatically actuated to locking position by springs 24, provided with backwardly-extending arms 25, having raised projections 26, adapted to be engaged by suitable keys inserted through the holes 18 from the receiving-chamber 5; but the present application is not limited to any specific form of lock, as it is obvious that any form of lock capable of being manipulated by means of a key may be used.

Each side of the receiving-chamber constitutes a guard, which prevents the adjacent look from being tampered with, while the fact that the keyhole 18 extends through the guard at an angle to the line of movement taken by an object in passing through the slot 2 prevents any ordinary key from being employed to manipulate the lock. Key mechanism for operating locks located as above described is shown and described in a concurrent application filed on 'the 15th day of March, 1902, Serial No. 98,293. It will be observed, however, that the raised end of the pivotal slide 6 is adapted to be depressed by a key-holding tool inserted through the slot 2, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The slide is so formed as to impinge against a stop 20 when depressed and serve as a guide for the tool to bring the keys into registry with the keyholes.

In use the coins are pushed through the slot 2, the slide being depressed by the larger coins to permit their insertion. As soon as the coin falls upon the slide it passes downwardly to the slot 9, through which it passes to the lower portion of the receptacle. If the receiving end of the slide is depressed when the coin is inserted, the weight 10 restores it to normal position as soon as the coin is released, the weight being heavier or possessing greater leverage than any of the coins.

The relation of the slots 2 and 9 is such that any tool or other article must pass through the slot 2 in the opposite direction from that taken to reach the slot 9, and the distance between the slots is such as to render it impossible to manipulate an effective tool through the slot 9. It will also be observed that the pivots of the slide are so located with reference to the slot 2 that no ordinary tool can be made to bear upon the slide below its pivotal support.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a receptacle having a slot in an exterior wall and provided with an interior lock; of an interior guard interposed between the slot and the lock, and provided with a passage communicating with the lock at an angle to the direction of movement of an object passing through the slot.

2. The combination with a receptacle having internal walls forming subdivisions, and a slot in one of its exterior walls communicating with one of the subdivisions; one or more of said internal walls being provided with key-receiving apertures leading into another subdivision of said receptacle at an angle to the direction of movement taken by an object in passing through the slotin the exterior wall of the receptacle.

3. The combination with a receptacle having an interior lock and a passage through one of its exterior walls; of an interior guard interposed between the said passage and the lock, and. provided with a passage communicating with the lock at an angle to the direction of movement of an object through the passage in the exterior wall, said passages forming the only means of access to the lock when the receptacle is closed.

4. The combination with a receptacle having a slot in one of its Walls, and having one wall movable in the form of a door or cover; internal walls subdividing the receptacle into chambers; and internal locking device for securing said cover or door in its closed position, said slot communicating with one of the chambers, and said locking device being located in another chamber, the internal walls being provided with a keyhole communicating between such chambers.

5-. The combination with a receptacle having a movable wall, such as a door or cover, adapted to afford access to the interior; said movable wall, having a slot there-in; internal walls connected with said movable exterior wall and forming a receiving-chamber, covering said slot; one or more locking devices for said movable, exterior wall, located in said receptacle, exterior to the receivingchamber, the interior walls of the receivingchamber having one or more keyholes adapted to afford access to the locking devices from said receiving-chamber.

6. The combination with a receptacle having a slotted movable exterior wall portion, such as a door or cover; internal locking devices for holding said movable wall portion in position; interior Walls interposed between the locking devices and the slot in the mov able wall portion; said interior walls being provided with keyholes adapted to afford access to the locking devices.

7. The combination with a receptacle having a slotted movable exterior wall portion, such as a door or cover; a locking device adapted to secure said movable wall portion in position; an interior wall connected with said movable exterior wall portion, and interposed between the slot therein and said locking device, said interior wall having a keyhole adapted to afiord access to the locking device, and extending through the wall at an angle to the line of movement of an object passing through the slot.

8. In a receptacle of the described'class, the combination of an inclosingcasing, provided with a slot in one of its walls; a coin-receiving chamber in communication with said slot, and having another slot communicating with the coin-retaining portion of the receptacle; and a coin-receiving slide adapted to convey the coin from one slot to another, the internal walls of said coin-receiving chamber being provided with one or more keyholes, affording access to suitable locking devices in the interior of said receptacle beyond said walls.

.9. In a receptacle of the described class, the combination with the inclosing walls andinternal subdivisions, separating the receptacle into receiving and retaining chambers, and having a slot in one of the exterior walls communicating with the receiving-chamber; a slide located in the receiving-chamber and tending across the path of an object inserted through said exterior slot, an interior wall of the receiving-chamber being provided with a slot at the foot of said slide.

10. The combination with a receptacle having a removable exterior wall portion, such as a door or cover; interior wallssupported from the removable portion and separating the receptacle into receiving and retaining chambers, one of said interior walls being provided' witha slot communicating between the chambers; a slide located in the receivingchamber and extending across the path of an object passing through said exterior slot, said slide being adapted to direct the coin through the slot in the interior Wall at an angle to the direction of its movementin passing through the slot in the exterior wall.

11. The combination of a slotted receptacle, subdivided into receiving and retaining chambers, said receiving-chamber having unalined passages through its interior and exterior walls; a receiving-slide having pivotal bear-.

ings in the receiving-chamber between said passages, with one end extending upwardly across the line of movement of an object entering the passage in the exterior wall, and, the other end extending downwardly and adapted to direct such object through the passage in the interior wall.

12. The combination with areceptacle,subdivided into receiving and retaining chambers, said receiving-chamber having a slot through one exterior wall, and also having a slot through an interior wall out of line with any possible direction taken by an object in passing through said exterior slot; and a slide pivotally mountedin said receivingchamber between said slots and adapted to direct a deposit from one slot to'the other, said slide having its upper end extending across the line of movement taken by an object in passing through the exterior slot.

13. A receptacle provided with a slotted cover; a receiving-chamber, of less width than the receptacle, depending from the cover, with spaces at one or both sides for the reception of cover-locking devices, a coin-conveyer located in the receiving-chamber and adapted to deliver coins to the lower portion of the receptacle; the walls of said receivingchamber being provided with keyholes adapted to afford access to the locking devices.

14. A receptacle provided with one wall slitted and offset to form a coin-receiving slot; a receiving-chamber in communication with the exterior through said slot, a coinconveyor in said chamber, leading to a second slot in its interior wall in the opposite direction to that of the coin in passing through the receiving -slot; and a removable door adapted to afford access to the interior of said receptacle; said receiving-chamber being apertured for the passage of a key, whereby access to suitable locking devices for the door, may be had through the receiving slot and chamber.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. LORD. Witnesses:

JAS. B. ERWIN, v LEVERETT C. WHEELER. 

